Carrier for pneumatic-despatch-tube apparatus.



J. T. NEEDHAM. CARRIERFOR PNEUMATIC DESPATCH TUBE APPARATUS. APPLICATIONFILED NOV. 30, I914.

1,175,918. Patented Mar. 28,1916.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 28, 1916.

Application filed November 30, .1914. Serial N 0. 874,636.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, JOHN T. NEEDHAM, a subject of the King of- GreatBritain, a citizen of Canada, and resident of Bayonne, county ofHudsomand State or" New Jersey, have inventedlcertain new andusefulImprovements in Carriers for Pneumatic-Despatch-Tube Apparatus, ofwhich the following is a specification.

One of the main objects of the invention is to provide a carrier ofsimple construction having means for holding-the message slips in thecarrier, said means being adapted to be turned to extend outwardlybeyond the end of the carrier, to thereby prevent the open carrier beingplaced in a transmission tube.

The invention is applicable to carriers having only one head, the otherend of the carrier being open to receive the message slips. Itfrequently happens that carriers of this kind are placedin thetransmission tube with the slip holding means improperly adjusted. 7With my invention the slip holding means is of such construction that ifit is not in proper position for holding the message slips, the saidholdingmeans will serve as a guard to prevent the carrier being placedin atube and will serve as a warning to the operator that the carrier isnot in proper condition to be transmitted.

A further object of the invention is to provide a message holding clipwhich will fit entirely within the carrier so that it will not be indangerofdamage from other carriers which contact with it either in thetube or in the basket which receives the carriers from the transmissiontube.

Another object of the invention is to provide a peculiar form of-holdingclip which will effectually seal the message slips in the carrier duringthe travel of the carrier.

There are other important objects and advantages of the invention whichwill appear hereinafter.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a view of the open end of the carrier withthe slip holding means turned outwardly to permit of the insertion orremoval of the message slips; Fig. 2 a side elevation of the carrierwith a mes sage holding means in the position shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 aview of the open end of the carrier, the message slip holding meansbeing shown within the carrier; and Fig. 4,- a longitudinal sectionalview show:

ing the message slip holding devicewithin the carrier.

Referring to the various parts by numerale, 1 designates the carrierbody which consists of a tube of hard fiber, or other suitable material,open at one end and provided at its other end with a bufl'er head 2. Tothe inner side of the carrier and extending longitudinally thereof isrigidly secured a tube or channel 3. This tube forms a holder for thelong stem or rodof the message holdlng clip. This tube or holder isformed with integral lugs 4 which are passed outwardly through thematerial of the carrier, as shown in Fig. 41 and are bent over andclenched on the outside of the carrier. The lug 4, near the open end ofthe carrier, is covered by a reinforcing ring or band 5 which is securedto the carrier. The inner end of the tube 3 is formed into a ing whichis carried outwardly through the carrier near the buffer 2 and is thenbent close to the side of the carrier. This outwardly bent end isinclosed by a cup 6. By this means the inner end ofithe tube 3 will berigidly secured within the carrier and the outward 'strain on themessage clip will not disturb the connection between the tube 3 and thecarrier. Within the tube 3 is arranged a rigid tubular block 7 throughwhich the stem 8 of the message clip extends. On the inner end of thisstem is rigidly secured a collar 9 and between this collar and the block7 is arranged a spring 10, said spring surrounds :stem 8- of the messageclip and. forces the collar 9 and the stem inwardly. Secured to theouter end of the stem 8 and fitting nicely in the tube 3 at the open endthereof is 'a sleeve 11, said sleeve reinforcing the rod and forming aguide for the stem within the tube. Beyond the sleeve 11 the stem 8 isformed into the arch 12 the end of the archbeing substantially in thesame plane with the outer end of the sleeve 11. The

end of the rod is then coiled spirally to form a substantially flatclosure device or message holding clip 13, said coil being ofconsiderablev diameter but small enough to freely fit within the openend of the carrier, as shown clearly in Figs. 3 and 4:. The arch 12forms a convenient handle to be grasped when withdrawing the messageclip from the carrier against the tension of the spring 10.

When it is desired to place message slips in the carrier the arch 12 isgrasped and the message clip drawnioutwardly until the fiat coil 13 isbeyond the open end of the carrier. The clip'maythen ,be rotated toswing the coil 13 outwardly over theend' of' th'ecarrier,

as shown clearly in Figs..l and 2. -When the clip is released the spring10 draws the thereof, a rotatable longitudinally movable stern extendingintosaidtube and provided 7 withacollar on itsin'ner endythe outerend ofsa-id 'Stem being formedintmanarch and a flat coil, said coil beingadapted to-fit :wi thintheopenen'dof the-carrier body and to serve as amessage. holding 'means, the

said arch extending across {said fiat coil 'on' the outer 'SldB thereofand {serving as a flinindle; and a spring within the tube" and bearingon the oollar to force the stemin- Wardly. l r

12'. A carrier "comprising 1 a tubular body, a message holdingcliptherefor comprising "a long itudin'a'lly moyable *rotat'ab'le stem,

'means for su-pporting said ste'm within the carrier, a-springfor'cingsaid stem inwardly, adm essa'geholding clip onthe outer end ofsaid stem and formed integral therewith and Consisting of "arch part-anda fiat coil, th'e zirohextending across the coil 'on theoutersidethereo-f andserving as a handle. r

{lgfltcar'rier comprising a-tu'bular body, a"tube "therein extendinglongitudinally 23..A carrier icomprising a ,tubular' body f a messageholding clip'there'for, compris- .ing a longitudinally movablerotatable;

stemfatubesecured Within the carrier and;

supporting said. stem, said tube terminating a considerable distanceWithin the carrier, a spring ithin said tube forcing the stem inwardly,an arch formed by theouter'e'nd of saidjsteni anda fiat coil formedintegral with the outer end of the arch, the arch extending across thesoil on: the outer side thereof, the arch and thecoil lying wholly ithinithe carrier'ivhen' the clip is in its holding -position.

'4. A carrier-"comprisingfa tubula'r' body "part; a headpermanentlyclosing one end ofsaid body part the other end 'beingmpens "alongitudinally extending rotatable rod,

' means for inounting saidrod -on the inner l 7 surface of said bodypart, a spring surroundingsaid rod and normally forcing it inwardly, aholdingcl-ipon thelouter end oii said rod Within the tubular bodypa-rtwhereby said clip will be in'closed and .prot'ected by the body part,said clip extending over =a substantial portion of the interior of thecarrier and transversely thereof to serve as mess'age holding "clip, therod fbeing movable outwardly: against the spring ten- *sionzwherebytheclip may be "drawn out- Wardl-y beyond the end-ofthecarrier andtui-neddaterally away -fromthe open Nend thereof 'to openithe .carniensaid clip ini-ts turned position being drawn inwardlyf bythespring:anclAcausedFto bear on theedge I of the-body 'part ofthecarrier,

In testimony whereof Lhereunto 'aiiixmy signature :1n* the presence:oii'two itnesses;

Witnesses I r p "F. "MILLER, MINERVA VAN I 1:JOHNLTINEEDHKM. r

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